The No.14 UCLA Bruins (8-2) and No. 17 Maryland Terrapins (8-2) meet Wednesday at Xfinity Middle in School Park. Tip-off within the top-20 tussle is slated for 9 p.m. ET (FS1). Under, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s strains across the UCLA vs. Maryland odds, and make our skilled faculty basketball picks, predictions and bets.
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UCLA has misplaced back-to-back video games — and three of its final 4 — towards the unfold (ATS), however the Bruins tote a 5-game win streak into this matchup. Since dropping to current-No. 11 Baylor on Nov. 20, UCLA has gone 5-0 with a median level differential of twenty-two.8.
The Terrapins opened with 8 straight wins however have since misplaced 2 in a row. The latest of these twin setbacks was a 56-53 loss on a impartial flooring vs. current-No. 7 Tennessee Sunday, though the Terps registered an ATS win when rated as 5.5-point underdogs. Defensive-minded Maryland — twenty eighth within the nation with 60.3 factors allowed per sport — held the Volunteers to a 28.8% mark from the ground.
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UCLA at Maryland odds
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- Moneyline: UCLA +100 (guess $100 to win $100) | Maryland -120 (guess $120 to win $100)
- Towards the unfold (ATS): UCLA +1.5 (-110) | Maryland -1.5 (-110)
- Over/Underneath (O/U): 142.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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UCLA at Maryland picks and predictions
Prediction
Maryland 71, UCLA 66
Moneyline
There may be sufficient leverage on the house aspect ATS play to go away the moneyline alone. Extra conservative bettors might wish to break up motion between MARYLAND (-120) and the under ATS play as a hedge towards a 1-point win.
Towards the unfold
The Terrapins are 9-1 ATS of their final 10 dwelling video games and they’re 5-1 ATS of their final 6 video games towards foes enjoying .600 or higher ball.
Maryland is a giant and skilled crew, and it’s one a bit extra battle-tested this season than its guests from Los Angeles. Throughout 5 Quad 1 video games, the Terps are 4-1 ATS, whereas the Bruins are 1-3 ATS in 4 such contests. One intersection exists in these teams of video games: either side have performed the Illinois Preventing Illini. UM defeated Illinois 71-66 (Dec. 2); UCLA misplaced to the Illini 79-70 (Nov. 18).
Search for Maryland to leverage a giant benefit in attending to the free throw line and for far capturing regression hurting the street 5 and serving to the Terps.
BACK MARYLAND -1.5 (-110).
Over/Underneath
Loads of crisscrossing developments right here, however each groups can defend at excessive ranges and I might count on a barely slower tempo than what’s been performed out by all sides to date.
As priced, the UNDER 142.5 (-115) is price a partial-unit play.
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